SarQoL Questionnaire in Community-Dwelling Older Adults under EWGSOP2 Sarcopenia Diagnosis Algorithm: A New Screening Method?

Carlos Guillamón-Escudero, Angela Diago-Galmés, David Zuazua Rico, Alba Maestro-González, Jose M. Tenías-Burillo, Jose M. Soriano and Julio J. Fernández-Garrido
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Carlos Guillamón-Escudero: Hospital General Universitari de Castelló, 12004 Castelló de la Plana, Spain
Angela Diago-Galmés: Hospital Universitario de La Plana, 12540 Villarreal, Spain
David Zuazua Rico: Department of Medicine, Nursing Area, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
Alba Maestro-González: Department of Medicine, Nursing Area, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
Jose M. Tenías-Burillo: Department of Preventive Medicine, Hospital Pare Jofré, 46017 Valencia, Spain
Jose M. Soriano: Food & Health Lab, Institute of Materials Science, University of Valencia, 46980 Valencia, Spain
Julio J. Fernández-Garrido: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry, University of Valencia, 46001 Valencia, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 14, 1-15

Abstract: This article is an observational and cross-sectional study that related the result obtained in the questionnaire for the evaluation of quality of life related to muscle mass (SarQoL) and the prevalence of sarcopenic pathology measured under the EWGSOP2 algorithm. Participants were 202 community-dwelling older adults living in Valencia, Spain. The prevalence of sarcopenia in men was 28.9%, while in women it was 26.2%. In the case of the SarQoL questionnaire, the mean score obtained for men was 75.5 and 72.6 for women, showing significant differences in both sexes between the results obtained by the group with and without sarcopenia. After the exhaustive data analysis, a high discriminative capacity for sarcopenic disease was found in the SarQoL questionnaire total score and in domains 2 (locomotion), 4 (functionality) and 5 (activities of daily living). In accordance with the existing controversy regarding the use of SARC-F as a screening method for sarcopenia, the authors pointed out the capacity of domain 2 (locomotion) in isolation as a possible screening method for this disease, exposing a high risk of suffering sarcopenia when scores in this domain were below 60 points. Further research is needed to develop new lines of research as these showed in this work, as well as new and easily applicable screening methods for sarcopenia in clinical practice, that allow a rapid detection of this disease in the community.

Keywords: sarcopenia; older adults; quality of life; SarQoL; older people; muscle strength (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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